December 2020
ABOUT THE BUSINESS
Impact Seed is a proud B-Corp and Western Australia’s peak market builder for impact investment, impact measurement & social enterprise. Since 2015 we have supported impact businesses, government, not-for-profits, foundations and family offices in building, articulating and investing in purpose driven businesses and projects, bridging investment and philanthropy.
In building the impact investment sector in Western Australia, our work has largely been based on three pillars of market development:
- Cross Sector Network Development – Including development of resources, papers and advocacy and facilitating the emergence of new collectives, alliances, and communities of practice (enterprise, finance, measurement)
- Training and Education – Developing cross sector investor and investee literacy through workshops and programs
- One to One Project Development and Consulting – Building investment readiness, undertaking impact management projects and bespoke social enterprise development support
ABOUT THE ROLES
IMPACT INVESTMENT ANALYST (Full-time)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Impact Investment Analyst to join our small but growing team in Western Australia, and practically supporting Impact Seed’s strategic market building pillars as outlined above.
This is a generalist/polymath role, suitable for someone looking to engage deeply in developing impact investment and impact management in Western Australia and will suit someone with sector experience or someone looking for a move from Corporate Advisory at a tier-1 firm into an emerging and vibrant market with great potential.
Typical responsibilities will include:
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparation of financial business cases and project management of strategic opportunities
- Assist with commercial review and financial modelling/analysis of existing and startup social enterprises/impact driven businesses
- Involvement in due diligence
- Sector and market research and alignment with social finance, partnership and philanthropic opportunities
About You: Qualifications
- Relevant tertiary qualifications (commerce/finance, and CFA or equivalent)
- 3+ years financial / commercial experience in a similar role
- Ideally, qualifications or direct experience in social impact or impact measurement and management disciplines
To be considered for this role, you must have:
- Demonstrated systems thinking and systems change capability, and;
- Demonstrated cultural and social awareness in the context of social disadvantage, environmental degradation; and
- An understanding of the Western Australian context of points 1 and 2
- High financial and data analysis acumen
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across sectors
- Excellent interpersonal soft-skills and emotional awareness
- Financial modelling experience and excel proficiency
- Exceptional attention to detail and thoroughness
Remuneration and terms:
- Expected start date is ASAP (ideally January 2021)
- Salary negotiable for the successful applicant
- This position is FULL TIME and will require flexibility and responsiveness to often demanding timelines. However flexible working arrangements can be negotiated, including working from home.
- We actively promote gender and cultural diversity. Please address ALL selection criteria above in a cover letter to info@nullimpactseed.org.
IMPACT+LEARNING SPECIALIST (Part to Full-time, Perth based)
[Role share between Impact Seed+Sefa Partnerships]
Impact Seed and Sefa Partnerships are looking for an Impact and Learning Specialist to join our team for an initial period of 6 months. For Perth based applicants, this is a job/role-share divided equally between Impact Seed (2.5 days per week) and Sefa Partnerships (2.5 days per week).
The role will include supporting and, in some instances, leading our fee-for-service engagements in developing social enterprise models in a one on one and workshop setting. There are technical elements (e.g. support with impact measurement frameworks), capability building elements (e.g. supporting clients to deliver on their social enterprise impact agendas) and there are design elements (e.g. designing and facilitating learning workshops for clients) to this role. The Impact and Learning Specialist will also work on other aspects of business development, including some proposal writing and administration of existing programs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and lead design and delivery of incubation program and learning engagements.
- Facilitate learning workshops.
- Undertake impact research and assessment.
- Assist in developing new business and partnerships using a co-design and human centred approach.
- Assist in the administration of programs and other fee for service engagements.
To be considered for this role, you must have:
- Passion, energy and commitment
- Experience and/or qualifications in social enterprise and social impact sectors
- Experience and confidence in leading workshops
- Capability to co-design fee-for-service engagements and programs in collaboration with a range of partners, with a particular focus on design for learning and incubation
- Strong project management skills and the ability to work positively and collaboratively with clients and partners
- Relationship building skills with face-to-face client exposure
- Experience in design thinking and human-centred design practice
- A willingness to do something new and build associated processes
- Strong Microsoft suite competence, particularly with PowerPoint
It would be helpful if you have:
- Governance and leadership experience
- Data analytics and statistics experience
- Good analytical skills
Remuneration and terms:
- Expected start date is ASAP (ideally January 2021)
- Salary negotiable for the successful applicant.
- This position is envisaged to be a full time role share between Impact Seed and Sefa Partnerships and will require flexibility and responsiveness to often demanding timelines. However flexible working arrangements can be negotiated, including working from home
- We actively promote gender and cultural diversity. Please address ALL selection criteria above in a cover letter to info@nullimpactseed.org
